Jesus playing through the pain

Morning.

It’s quite funny, when we were not in the Champions League, those games became a bit of an afterthought to me – probably until the semi-finals when the fixtures got a bit tasty. And here we are just one year out of the Europa League and I forgot it was even on. Just call me Mr Fickle.

It wasn’t a good night for English clubs. Liverpool got beaten 3-0 by Atalanta, at Anfield! I don’t think it will have an impact on their Premier League form, but it might and obviously that’s what I hope for. West Ham were beaten 2-0 by Bayer Leverkusen, but that’s not really a shock given the game was in Germany and Xabi Alonso’s side have yet to lose a game this season.

Meanwhile, Sunday’s opposition, Aston Villa, were involved in the Europa Conference Zenith Data Systems Floodlit Cup and beat Lille 2-1 at Villa Park. They played a pretty strong side in this one, so let’s hope they’re knackered for the weekend. Ollie Watkins and John McGinn scored the goals, they’ll be danger men for us on Sunday too. Watkins with his impressive scoring this season, McGinn with his out-sized leathery arse that has its own gravitational pull.

Anyway, let’s worry about that later. For now, let’s chat a bit about Gabriel Jesus who had such a big impact on our midweek game against Bayern Munich. There’s been a lot of talk about him this season, but the unfortunate news is that his knee is not good, and he probably needs surgery to fix it. He spoke about it after the game on Tuesday, in the context of whether or not he’d be available for Brazil’s Copa America campaign in the summer, and said:

I honestly don’t know if my knee will be good enough to be available, but it’s still three months away, so we’ll see what happens.

He also referenced his previous injury, which happened at the World Cup but it sounds like it was something he was playing through before that in order to help his club and country:

In my best moment, one of my best moments in my career,…

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Publish date : 2024-04-12 07:03:01

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